The Successful Bakery That Hires Adults With Autism

People with autism and other disabillites often have a hard time getting a job, though that is changing. For example, Walgreens has committed to hiring 20 percent of its distribution center workers from segments of the population who have disabilities, including those on the autism spectrum.

Puzzles Bakery in Schenectady, New York, decided to hire people with autism, and it’s been working out very well.

Some skills are actually more enhanced for people with this particular condition; the ability to recognize patterns, for example, and, in the realm of logical reasoning, the ability to pick out irregularities in data or arguments.